{"id":10642,"date":"2026-09-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=10642"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:42:40","slug":"kidsbook_history_0904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/09\/04\/kidsbook_history_0904\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 4th: Today in the his\u00adto\u00adry of chil\u00addren\u2019s books"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joan_Aiken_A_Necklace_of_Raindrops\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joan_Aiken_A_Necklace_of_Raindrops\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joan_Aiken_A_Necklace_of_Raindrops\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joan_Aiken_A_Necklace_of_Raindrops\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0095_02__Joan-Aiken-The-Wolves-of-Willoughby-Chase.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0095_02__Joan-Aiken-The-Wolves-of-Willoughby-Chase.jpg 322w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0095_02__Joan-Aiken-The-Wolves-of-Willoughby-Chase-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0095_02__Joan-Aiken-The-Wolves-of-Willoughby-Chase-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1924: Joan Aiken<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned British chil\u00addren\u2019s author and nov\u00adel\u00adist (1924\u20132004), and daugh\u00adter of the famous poet Con\u00adrad Aiken. She was known for her extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary lit\u00ader\u00adary imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, high\u00adly rhyth\u00admic lan\u00adguage, and Goth\u00adic adven\u00adture atmos\u00adphere. She could han\u00addle both short, poet\u00adic mag\u00adi\u00adcal short sto\u00adries and grand, metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly craft\u00aded alter\u00adnate his\u00adto\u00adry nov\u00adels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent passed down through gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rain\u00addrop Neck\u00adlace<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Neck\u00adlace of Rain\u00addrops<\/em>(1968, illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Jan Pie\u0144kows\u00adki) \u2014 Includ\u00aded in *1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books*. A col\u00adlec\u00adtion of short sto\u00adries brim\u00adming with mod\u00adern poet\u00adry and the mag\u00adic of ancient fairy tales. The epony\u00admous mas\u00adter\u00adpiece tells of the North Wind giv\u00ading a lit\u00adtle girl a mag\u00adi\u00adcal neck\u00adlace strung togeth\u00ader from pure rain\u00addrops, each drop grant\u00adi\u00adng her the super\u00adpow\u00aders of stay\u00ading dry and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00ading with the wind. The sto\u00adry is serene and ethe\u00adre\u00adal, show\u00adcas\u00ading Jan Pie\u0144kowski\u2019s extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary genius in craft\u00ading short fan\u00adta\u00adsy sto\u00adries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Wolf of Willough\u00adby<\/strong>\uff08<em>The Wolves of Willough\u00adby Chase<\/em>&nbsp;(Series, first pub\u00adlished in 1962) \u2014 A mile\u00adstone in chil\u00addren\u2019s thriller and alter\u00adnate his\u00adto\u00adry adven\u00adture nov\u00adels. The sto\u00adry is set in an alter\u00adnate ear\u00adly 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry England\u2014the Stu\u00adart dynasty was nev\u00ader over\u00adthrown, the Chan\u00adnel Tun\u00adnel was open, and hun\u00adgry wolves were pour\u00ading into win\u00adtery Eng\u00adland from the Euro\u00adpean con\u00adti\u00adnent through the tun\u00adnel. Two young girls, caught between the machi\u00adna\u00adtions of an evil gov\u00aderness and the wolves in a bliz\u00adzard, embark on a Dick\u00aden\u00adsian-style thriller of escape and revenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Joan Aiken |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joan_Aiken\">Joan Aiken (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u5e03\u5c0f\u5154\u5b50.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u5e03\u5c0f\u5154\u5b50.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u5e03\u5c0f\u5154\u5b50-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u5e03\u5c0f\u5154\u5b50-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u6bdb\u5c0f\u5154.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u6bdb\u5c0f\u5154.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u6bdb\u5c0f\u5154-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0049_02__Margery-Williams-\u7ed2\u6bdb\u5c0f\u5154-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-662x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-768x1189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-992x1536.jpg 992w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-1323x2048.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0115_01__Margery-Williams-Winterbound.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1944 \u2013 Died: Margery Williams (also known as Margery Williams Bianco)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned British-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1881\u20131944). She excelled at explor\u00ading the emo\u00adtion\u00adal con\u00adnec\u00adtion between toys and chil\u00addren, as well as the per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance of fam\u00adi\u00adly mem\u00adbers in times of hard\u00adship. Her writ\u00ading is imbued with philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal tran\u00adquil\u00adi\u00adty and pro\u00adfound love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time\u00adless mas\u00adter\u00adpieces and the high\u00adest awards:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Plush Rab\u00adbit<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Vel\u00adveteen Rab\u00adbit<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by William Nichol\u00adson, 1922) \u2014 A time\u00adless gem of world chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture with a cen\u00adtu\u00adry-long his\u00adto\u00adry. The sto\u00adry tells of a toy rab\u00adbit made of plush fab\u00adric and filled with wood shav\u00adings, who longs to become \u201creal\u201d like Old Pony. Old Pony tells it, \u201cWhen a child tru\u00adly loves you for a very long time, not only play\u00ading with you but lov\u00ading you with all his heart, you become real.\u201d Lat\u00ader, the lit\u00adtle boy con\u00adtracts scar\u00adlet fever, and the rab\u00adbit faces the fate of being ster\u00adil\u00adized and burned. Through tears, it receives sal\u00adva\u00adtion from the tears of a fairy and tru\u00adly leaps into the for\u00adest. The work pro\u00adfound\u00adly inter\u00adprets the true mean\u00ading of love, hard\u00adship, and life through sim\u00adple alle\u00adgo\u00adry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Snow and Ice Block the Road<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Win\u00adter\u00adbound<\/em>(1936) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1937<\/strong>It tells a real\u00adis\u00adtic and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading com\u00ading-of-age sto\u00adry about four chil\u00addren who, dur\u00ading the Great Depres\u00adsion, sur\u00advive a harsh win\u00adter in a Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut farm\u00adhouse while their moth\u00ader is away car\u00ading for their seri\u00adous\u00adly ill father. They are inde\u00adpen\u00addent, self-reliant, and sup\u00adport\u00adive of each oth\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed Away | Margery Williams |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margery_Williams\">Margery Williams (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur\u4e2d\u6587\u7248-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-679x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-8409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-1358x2048.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0099_01__Syd-Hoff-Danny-and-the-Dinosaur.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1912 \u2013 Born: Syd Hoff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harp\u00ader was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan car\u00adtoon\u00adist and chil\u00addren\u2019s pic\u00adture book author (1912\u20132004). He drew satir\u00adi\u00adcal sin\u00adgle-pan\u00adel car\u00adtoons for The New York\u00ader and The New York Times for many years. Lat\u00ader, he incor\u00adpo\u00adrat\u00aded friend\u00adly and con\u00adcise sketch\u00ades with extreme\u00adly humor\u00adous col\u00adlo\u00adqui\u00adal lan\u00adguage into his ear\u00adly bridge books and was a key pio\u00adneer of Harper\u2019s \u201cI Can Read\u201d series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dan\u00adny and the Dinosaur<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Dan\u00adny and the Dinosaur<\/em>(1958) \u2014 The cor\u00adner\u00adstone of the \u201cI Can Read\u201d series: A young boy named Dan\u00adny vis\u00adits a nat\u00adur\u00adal his\u00adto\u00adry muse\u00adum to see dinosaur skele\u00adtons and exclaims how won\u00adder\u00adful it would be to play with the dinosaurs. The giant dinosaur mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly comes to life and agrees! Dan\u00adny rides the dinosaur through a bustling mod\u00adern city, where it helps police offi\u00adcers with direc\u00adtions, acts as a bridge for pedes\u00adtri\u00adans, and plays hide-and-seek with chil\u00addren until dusk when it polite\u00adly returns to its dis\u00adplay stand at the muse\u00adum. The book uses light\u00adheart\u00aded humor to dis\u00adsolve the sense of dis\u00adtance asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with these mas\u00adsive crea\u00adtures, accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of chil\u00addren as they take their first steps towards inde\u00adpen\u00addent read\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Syd Hoff |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syd_Hoff\">Syd Hoff (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Storm-Boy-and-Other-Stories-Colin-Thiele.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Storm-Boy-and-Other-Stories-Colin-Thiele.jpg 613w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Storm-Boy-and-Other-Stories-Colin-Thiele-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Storm-Boy-and-Other-Stories-Colin-Thiele-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69\u7f8e\u7ed8\u672c-722x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69\u7f8e\u7ed8\u672c-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69\u7f8e\u7ed8\u672c-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69\u7f8e\u7ed8\u672c-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69\u7f8e\u7ed8\u672c-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69\u7f8e\u7ed8\u672c.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2006 \u2013 Death: Colin Thiele<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Aus\u00adtralian edu\u00adca\u00adtor, poet, and lead\u00ading fig\u00adure in chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1920\u20132006). His works are root\u00aded in the vast and harsh nat\u00adur\u00adal wilder\u00adness and coastal hills of South Aus\u00adtralia, and he excels at depict\u00ading the pro\u00adfound bonds that young peo\u00adple form with wild crea\u00adtures amidst wild storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storm Boys<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Storm Boy<\/em>(1964) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a nation\u00adal clas\u00adsic of Aus\u00adtralian nature lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. The sto\u00adry takes place on the salt\u00adwa\u00adter lagoon and long sand dunes of Coorong, South Aus\u00adtralia, where a lone\u00adly boy named \u201cStorm\u201d lives with his reclu\u00adsive father in a makeshift shel\u00adter on the beach. Storm res\u00adcues three dying pel\u00adi\u00adcan chicks on the beach after their par\u00adents have been killed by poach\u00aders, and rais\u00ades them with great care. The most intel\u00adli\u00adgent of them, \u201cMr. Per\u00adci\u00adval,\u201d even saves a fish\u00ading boat from dis\u00adtress dur\u00ading a bliz\u00adzard by car\u00adry\u00ading a life\u00adline. How\u00adev\u00ader, the wild birds ulti\u00admate\u00adly face the vicis\u00adsi\u00adtudes of nature and the guns of humans, and the work poignant\u00adly and beau\u00adti\u00adful\u00adly explores the mean\u00ading of eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion and farewell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | Col\u00adin Thiele |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colin_Thiele\">Col\u00adin Thiele (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-soldado-que-nao-era-633x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-9212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-soldado-que-nao-era-633x1024.jpg 633w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-soldado-que-nao-era-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-soldado-que-nao-era-768x1243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-soldado-que-nao-era-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-soldado-que-nao-era.jpg 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_02__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-Stories-of-Old-Brazil-716x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_02__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-Stories-of-Old-Brazil-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_02__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-Stories-of-Old-Brazil-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_02__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-Stories-of-Old-Brazil-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_02__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-Stories-of-Old-Brazil-768x1098.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_02__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-Stories-of-Old-Brazil.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-presente-de-Ossanha-896x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-presente-de-Ossanha-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-presente-de-Ossanha-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-presente-de-Ossanha-768x877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-presente-de-Ossanha-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0856_01__Joel-Rufino-dos-Santos-O-presente-de-Ossanha.jpg 1313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>2015 \u2013 Passed away: Joel Rufino dos Santos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Brazil\u00adian his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan, chil\u00addren\u2019s author, and pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Fed\u00ader\u00adal Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Rio de Janeiro (1941\u20132015). He was an impor\u00adtant advo\u00adcate for the trans\u00admis\u00adsion of Afro-Brazil\u00adian cul\u00adture and oral folk tra\u00addi\u00adtions, active\u00adly resist\u00ading the mil\u00adi\u00adtary dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adship, and adept at deeply blend\u00ading African mythol\u00ado\u00adgy, the his\u00adto\u00adry of resis\u00adtance against oppres\u00adsion, and chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Awards and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At&nbsp;<strong>In 2004, he was short\u00adlist\u00aded as a final\u00adist for the Hans Chris\u00adt\u00adian Ander\u00adsen Award (HCAA) for Best Writer.<\/strong>He has won the Brazil\u00adian Nation\u00adal Book Award (Jabu\u00adti Award) mul\u00adti\u00adple times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works include *The Taste of Africa*, a recon\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the oral folk tales of Afro-Brazil\u00adian peo\u00adple.<em>Gos\u00adto de \u00c1frica<\/em>), The Gift of Ossagna (<em>O pre\u00adsente de Ossan\u00adha<\/em>) and the nov\u00adel *The Sol\u00addier Who Won\u2019t Join the Army*, which reflects the sur\u00advival choic\u00ades of ordi\u00adnary peo\u00adple in an absurd his\u00adto\u00adry.<em>O sol\u00adda\u00addo que n\u00e3o era<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Died | Joel Rufi\u00adno dos San\u00adtos |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joel_Rufino_dos_Santos\">Joel Rufi\u00adno dos San\u00adtos (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5de7\u514b\u529b\u6218\u4e89.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5de7\u514b\u529b\u6218\u4e89.jpg 402w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5de7\u514b\u529b\u6218\u4e89-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5de7\u514b\u529b\u6218\u4e89-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5c0f\u609f\u7684\u81ea\u884c\u8f66.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5c0f\u609f\u7684\u81ea\u884c\u8f66.jpg 323w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5c0f\u609f\u7684\u81ea\u884c\u8f66-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u5c0f\u609f\u7684\u81ea\u884c\u8f66-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-205\u53f7\u6559\u5ba4.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-205\u53f7\u6559\u5ba4.jpg 348w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-205\u53f7\u6559\u5ba4-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-205\u53f7\u6559\u5ba4-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1990 \u2013 Death: \u014cishi Makoto<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Japan\u00adese chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author after World War II (1925\u20131990). He stud\u00adied Russ\u00adian lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture at Wase\u00adda Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and was known for his vivid and live\u00adly depic\u00adtion of ele\u00admen\u00adtary school stu\u00addents\u2019 inter\u00adper\u00adson\u00adal inter\u00adac\u00adtions in the class\u00adroom, the emer\u00adgence of their sense of jus\u00adtice, and their resis\u00adtance against adult hypocrisy, using an extreme\u00adly brisk and con\u00adcise writ\u00ading style and an objec\u00adtive, child-cen\u00adtered per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Choco\u00adlate Wars<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3\u30ec\u30fc\u30c8War<\/em>(Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Takashi Kita\u00adda, 1969) \u2014 A foun\u00adda\u00adtion\u00adal work of post\u00adwar Japan\u00adese chil\u00addren\u2019s school real\u00adism lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture: Two ele\u00admen\u00adtary school stu\u00addents, Koichi and Aki\u00adra, are admir\u00ading an exquis\u00adite choco\u00adlate cas\u00adtle mod\u00adel in the glit\u00adter\u00ading win\u00addow of the upscale con\u00adfec\u00adtionery shop \u201cKinbe\u00addo.\u201d Unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly, the mod\u00adel tipps over and breaks. The arro\u00adgant and dom\u00adi\u00adneer\u00ading shop own\u00ader, with\u00adout ask\u00ading any ques\u00adtions, false\u00adly accus\u00ades them of knock\u00ading it down and com\u00adplains to their teacher. To clear their names and defend their dig\u00adni\u00adty, the chil\u00addren in the class devise a bril\u00adliant \u201cchoco\u00adlate bat\u00adtle,\u201d ulti\u00admate\u00adly forc\u00ading the shop own\u00ader to admit his mis\u00adtake, pro\u00adfound\u00adly show\u00adcas\u00ading the chil\u00addren\u2019s sim\u00adple and pure sense of jus\u00adtice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s book \u201cLit\u00adtle Wu\u2019s Bicy\u00adcle\u201d (<em>\u3055\u3068\u308b\u306e\u3058\u3066\u3093\u3057\u3083<\/em>Class\u00adroom 205<em>Class\u00adroom 205<\/em>), \u201cThe Won\u00adder\u00adful Ele\u00admen\u00adtary School Days\u201c<em>\u307c\u304f\u305f\u3061\u9752\u306e\u65f6<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Passed away | \u014cishi Mako\u00adto |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E5%A4%A7%E7%9F%B3%E7%9C%9F\">Mako\u00adto Oishi (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u5c0f\u5b66\u65f6\u5149.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-10744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u5c0f\u5b66\u65f6\u5149.jpg 355w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u5c0f\u5b66\u65f6\u5149-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oishi-Makoto-\u7f8e\u597d\u7684\u5c0f\u5b66\u65f6\u5149-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1924\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u743c\u00b7\u827e\u80af Joan Aiken \u82f1\u56fd\u8457\u540d\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u5c0f\u8bf4\u5bb6 (1924- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[406,10],"class_list":["post-10642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-498","tag-406","tag-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0105_01__Colin-Thiele-\u98ce\u66b4\u7537\u5b69.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10745,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10642\/revisions\/10745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}